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- a sudden, sharp localized pain剧痛, 阵痛：
he felt a twinge in his knee.
他膝盖感到一阵刺痛。
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- a brief experience of an emotion, typically an unpleasant one痛苦, 内疚：
Kate felt a twinge of guilt.
凯特有种负罪感。
(twingeing或twinging)no obj.
- (of a part of the body) suffer a sudden, sharp localized pain（身体某部分）剧痛, 阵痛：
stop the exercises if the tummy twinges.
感到肚子疼就停止锻炼。
词源
Old English twengan 'pinch, wring', of Germanic origin. The noun dates from the mid 16th cent.